Gray whales - Santa Barbara Channel

The Gray whale, (Eschrichtius robustus), is a baleen whale about 45-50 feet in length and lives 50–70 years. The gray whale makes one of the longest of all mammalian migrations, averaging 10,000-14,000 miles (16,000-22,530 km) round trip. In October, the whales begin to leave their feeding grounds in the Bering and Chukchi Seas and head south for their mating and calving lagoons in Baja California, Mexico.